(VNA-8/2) - Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and his Malaysian counterpart Anifah Aman held talks in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 8 as part of the Vietnamese FM’s two-day visit to Malaysia .

The two FMs spoke highly of
the development of friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the
two countries and agreed to boost the exchange of high-level visits in
the coming time.

Minister Anifah Aman valued the visit to
Malaysia by State President Truong Tan Sang last September and said that
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak will visit Viet Nam this
year.

The two sides also agreed to maintain current mechanism of
bilateral cooperation and work out plans and measures to increase
bilateral trade to 10 billion USD.

On cooperation in national
defence and security, the two sides hailed the enhancement of
cooperation in fighting trans-national crimes.

On labour, the
Malaysian side said that their government is implementing a programme on
management of foreign workers, encouraging Vietnamese workers to
participate in this programme to have legal working conditions and more
effective working results.

On fishermen and fishing, the two
sides agreed that it is necessary to set up a cooperation mechanism,
which is suitable with the benefits of both sides.

Regarding
regional and international issues of common concern, the two sides
agreed to coordinate and cooperate with other ASEAN countries in
building a united and strong ASEAN Community in 2015 when Malaysia
will assume the role as ASEAN Chair.

The two sides
emphasised the importance of ensuring peace, stability, maritime
security, safety and freedom in the East Sea and solving disputes
through peaceful solutions in line with international laws, especially
the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the
Declaration on Conduct of the Parties in the East Sea (DOC) towards the
building of a Code of Conduct (COC).

They highly
valued the results of the 3 rd session on Malaysia-Thailand-Viet Nam
Overlapping Continental Shelf Claim Area, which took place on January
15-18./.